How did Minnesota twins outlast Tigers to reach playoffs?
Twins outlast Tigers to reach playoffs Posted 11h 4m ago By Mike Lopresti, Gannett MINNEAPOLIS — Not bad for a warm-up act, hey? Baseball’s postseason can commence, now that the Detroit Tigers and Minnesota Twins have settled things in their division, even if it took 163 games and three extra innings. The Twins won 6-5 Tuesday in a 12-inning classic that was exhilarating for the winners, crushing for the losers, and just fine with the New York Yankees. They’re waiting in the Bronx for the Twins to open their series Wednesday night. As rewards go for Minnesota, that might be tantamount to an exploding cigar. But the Twins are happy anyway, and rightfully so, pushed to Yankee Stadium by their own adrenaline, if nothing else. A month ago, they were seven games behind. “That’s all we have left,” pitcher Joe Nathan said. “The playoffs are all about adrenaline.” They had more chances to fold than an entire poker table. So did the Tigers. It took fours hours and 37 minutes for someone to blin
Twins are true believers – in themselves Dan Wetzel By Dan Wetzel, Yahoo! Sports MINNEAPOLIS – When the Minnesota Twins had finally taken the American League Central, when they’d beaten the Detroit Tigers, 6-5, in the extra innings of the season’s extra game, when they had rushed out to mob a pinch-hitter batting .198, when they hugged a pitcher who just earned his first career victory, when the impossible became popped corks, a familiar song blared through the Metrodome. “New York, New York.” The Twins had just blown through eight pitchers. They were spent emotionally from what everyone was calling the greatest game they’d ever played. They had an AL Division Series date with the Yankees, in the Bronx, in about 21 hours. Yet there was an unmistakable message they wanted to send. “We’re not afraid,” manager Ron Gardenhire said. Maybe it was the champagne talking. Maybe it was the high of winning a classic 4-hour, 37 minute, 12-inning, back and forth, up and down, big play after big pla
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